Constitution of Korean Undergraduate Student Association
Date: January 21, 2007
Article II. Statement of Purpose:
Section 1. Governing authority of purpose:
Section 1.01 The Korean Undergraduate Student Association will be an organization created to fulfill certain goals. These goals will serve as a guideline of rules and regulations, hence, becoming the governing constitutional authority of the organization.
Section 1.02 The Korean Undergraduate Student Association will have three primary goals and the three primary goals will decide other goals’ eligibility of being goals of this organization (one goal must not conflict with another and all goals will serve our first and foremost goal).
Section 2. First goal is to advocate the education of the Korean history, heritage, relevance, and culture. Through this goal, we will be able to contribute to the world by spreading to our future leaders of the world the knowledge of the Koreans. Through this goal, we also place a solid ground in the diversity of our future.
Section 3. Second goal is to promote the unity and connectivity of the Koreans present in the student body and around the world. This goal serves as a reminder that the Korean populations in the world need to be united and connected in order to correctly serve our first goal of the organization. An example of the second goal would be inviting North Korean escapees to the UT campus for a speech, inviting successful political- and/or business- oriented individuals to come and give advice and/or proposals. Another example would be to hold an event that would socially enhance or catalyze the process of introducing Koreans to other Koreans such as karaoke nights or poker nights.
Section 4. Third goal is to, as a Korean organization, do it’s best to serve the communities around campus and around the world. The purpose of this goal is to establish this organization’s interests to not only promote the education about Koreans, but to define and nurture Korea’s advocates to good individuals that will succeed in the contemporary society. By fulfilling this goal, we serve the primary goal through good deeds and acts of compassion.
Section 5. Any and all acts of any officer or member that do not show the intention of fulfilling these goals will be subject to consequences by sanctions from this organization.
Article III. Membership:
Section 1. Membership shall be open to students of The University of Texas at Austin regardless of race, national origin, creed or political affiliation, sex (in accordance with Title IX), sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, or veteran’s status.
Section 2. Membership must be limited to students and/or faculty and staff of The University of Texas at Austin.
Section 3. All candidates for membership shall pay a specified amount as a membership fee. This fee can be waved if financially not viable through approval of present officers or if the candidate raises the money through fund-raisers and events.
Article IV. Officers:
Section 1. Titles of elected officers:
President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary, Historian, Coordinators and Heads
Section 2. Titles of appointed officers:
Webmaster, Events heads, Sports coordinators, photographers, Team/branch members
Section 3. If there is more than one candidate for the title of an appointed officer position, it will be subject to be a position to be held election for during regular elections.
Article V. Executive Board:
Section 1. Voting members:
All members and officers are eligible to vote.
Section 2. Ex-officio members:
Ex-officio members are voting members.
Article VI. Meetings:
Section 1. There will be two or three general meetings depending upon our agenda for the semester. The head directors of the organization will schedule these general meetings so they are distributed equally throughout the semester.
Section 2. Regular meetings are scheduled by upper and lower levels and will be scheduled by the heads of each level and/or branch (Upper level: president, vice-president, and treasurer. Lower level: Secretary, Historian, appointed officers).
Section 3. An elected officer can offer to the other elected officers a scheduled upper-lower meeting to discuss a possible amendment to the constitution. If approved by three elected officers, the meeting will be scheduled.
Article VII. Method to Amend the Constitution:
Section 1. Sections 1 and 2 of Article II cannot be amended.
Section 2. Amendment of Article II could only be done if all officers vote for the change in Article II and two-thirds of all active members vote for the change.
Section 3. Amendments of articles other than Article II require three-fifths of all officer votes and two-thirds of all members’ votes. The voting event could be scheduled during elections or done by the president through another scheduled event or through other various means.
Article VIII. Dissolution Clause:
Section 1. Succession of elected officer in the event of permanent incapacitation, resignation or removal will be given in the order that the elected officers were given in Article IV, Section 1.
Section 2. Funds will disburse to sponsors and indebted agents first and then will disburse proportionately among all members.